Improvement in plane for carpenters  use



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STEPHEN W. WOODWARD, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent NQ. 89,369, dated April 27, 1869; antedated April 16, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLANE FOR CARPENTERS USE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom tt may-concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN W. WoonwARn, of the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planes for Oarpenters, J oiners, or Cabinet-Makers Use; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the manner of' placing the plane-iron with its face downward, holding the cutting-edge of the same firmly in any required position, and elevating or lowering, forcing outward or withdrawing the same, by means of screws and pins.

1n order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation,referring to the annexed drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a dissected view of the plane, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same.

Fig. 1 represents a cast-iron plane, with a slot marked c cast in the body of the plane, for the purpose of guiding and holding a screw marked l), the operation of which screw is intended to elevate or depress the cutting-edge of the plane-iron, at the same time opening and closing the throat of the plane, so as to gauge the thickness ofthe shaving or out.

O represents a thumb-screw attached to the planeiron, for the `purpose of forcing outward, withdrawing, and at the same time assisting to hold in any required position, the cutting-edge ofthe plane-iron.

This screw C enters the sleeve I, which is hinged or pivoted in such a manner to the rear end of the planebit E, that said end may be adjustedvertically without affecting the screw.

The screw C not being cramped by the movement of the rear end of the plane-bit, is'left' free to act upon said bit, for giving it an endwise adjustment at any angle it may assume.

d represents the cap, witlr screw d', holding the plane-iron riuly in its place. Y

This cap is caught beneath two pins, or lugs J, on the inner faces of theanges, forming the sides of the plane, and, with its screw d', serves to press down and hold in position the forward end of the same bit.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The sleeve I, provided with jaws, and pivoted to the bit E, arranged with the screws C and b, to operate as set forth.

` STEPHEN W. WOODWABD. Witnesses: J. H. BARTON, W. C. SHERWOOD. 

